Business registration numbers for EEA hosts

If you’re hosting as a business and have registered with your government, you’ll be asked to provide your business registration number in order to comply with consumer protection laws and regulatory requirements. This information, along with other details that you’ve provided, will be used to verify your business.

Below you can find business registration information by country.

Austria

Company register

Business registration number (example: FN 123456x)

Notes:

• Sole proprietors are only required to register if they have a turnover of more than EUR 700,000 in each of two consecutive financial years, or a turnover of more than EUR 1 million in one year.
• Before reaching these thresholds, sole proprietors can register on a voluntary basis.

Belgium

Crossroads Bank for Enterprises (CBE)

Enterprise registration number (example: 0123.456.789)

Bulgaria

Commercial Register

Unified Identification Code (UIC) (example: 123456789)

Croatia

Court register

Registration number (example: MBS 123456789 or OIB 123456789101)

Trade register

Registration number (example: MBO 123456789 or OIB 123456789101)

Cyprus

Registrar of Companies

Registration Number examples:

• HE 123456 (Cyprus registered company)
• AE 123456 (Offshore company / branch registered in Cyprus)
• EE 123456 (Business name)

Note: All businesses wishing to have a physical presence and operate in the Republic of Cyprus must register with the Cyprus Registrar of Companies.

Czech Republic

Primary business registers:

• Trade Register
• Commercial Register

Identification number (ID No.) (example: 123 45 678)

Denmark

The Central Business Register

Company registration number (CVR number) (example: 12345678)

Note: Registration is mandatory for all businesses with a yearly revenue of 50,000 Danish Kroner or more and optional for other businesses.

Estonia

Commercial register

• Registry code (example: 12345678)
• Personal identification code (example: 32109876543)

Finland

Finnish Trade Register

Business ID (example: 12345678-1)

Notes:

• Sole proprietors generally are not required to register in the trade register, but can choose to do so if they wish.
• Sole proprietors need to register if:
  • They are using a company name for which the sole proprietor wants exclusivity.
  • Their net turnover exceeds EUR 12 million, balance sheet total is EUR 6 million or more, or average number of employees is 50 or more.
  • They permanently reside outside the European Economic Area.

France

Trade and company register

RCS Number (example: 123 456 789 R.C.S. Paris)

Germany

Trade Register

Companies register

Trade register number (example: District court Berlin (Charlottenburg) HRB 123456 B)

Greece

General Commercial Registry

GEMI number (example:12345678912)

Hungary

National Company Register

Business registration number (example: 12-34-567890)

Register of Private Entrepreneurs

Iceland

Company register

Social security number (Kennitala) or VAT number (VSK-númer)

Ireland

Irish register of companies (CRO)

Company registration number (example: 123456)

Italy

Italian business register

Fiscal code and business registration number examples:

• Subjects other than natural persons: 03439910138
• Natural persons: NNZPLA72D68F839S

Latvia

Commercial Register

Registration number (example: 40203438064)

Register of Performers of Economic Activity

Registry code (example: 25018211775)

Notes:

• Generally, all permanent businesses must be registered with the Commercial Register, including sole proprietors (individual merchants).
• In specific situations, self-employed persons may register in the Register of Performers of Economic Activity instead of the Commercial Register.

Liechtenstein

Commercial register

FL-Number (example: FL-0001.234.567-8)

Lithuania

Register of Legal Entities

Legal entity code (example: 305119456)

Luxembourg

Trade and Companies Register

RCS number (example: B123456)

Note: Individual enterprises and joint ventures are not required to register in the Trade and Companies Register.

Malta

Malta Business Registry (MBR)

Cooperatives

Voluntary organizations (example: trusts, foundations, and associations)

Registration number examples:

• Companies: C 123456
• Partnerships en nom collectif: P 1234
• Partnerships en commandite: P COMM 123
• Associations registered with the MBR: LPA 123
• Purpose foundations: LPF 123
• Private foundations: PFLP 123
• Overseas companies: OC 1234
• SICAVs: SV 123
• Cells: SCPF 12

Netherlands

Dutch Business Register of the Dutch Chamber of Commerce

KVK number (example: KVK 12345678)

Norway

Register of Business Enterprises

Organization number (example: 123 456 789)

Notes:

• All operating businesses (with limited as well as unlimited liability) must register in the Register of Business Enterprises.
• Sole proprietorships engaging in trade with purchased goods or having more than five fully employed personnel must also register.
• Other sole proprietorships may register on a voluntary basis.

Poland

National Court Register (for companies such as limited liability companies)

Examples:

KRS: 1234567890

REGON: 12345678900000

Central register and information on business activity (for individual entrepreneurs who are natural persons)

Portugal

Business register

Legal person number (example: 123 456 789)

Romania

National Office of Trade register

Registration number (example: J12/1234/5678)

Unique identification number (example: 1234567)

Slovakia

Business Register

Business registration number (IČO) (example: 12 345 678)

Note: Natural persons (sole proprietors) are not required to register in the IČO.

Slovenia

Slovenian Business Register

Registration number (example: 1234567891)

Spain

Spanish Business Register

NIF Number (example: B12345678)

Sweden

Swedish Trade and Industry Register

Registration number (example: 123456-1234)

Notes:

• Sole proprietors are not required to register with the Swedish Companies Registration Office unless it fulfills at least two of the following values:
  • More than 50 employees
  • More than SEK 40 million in balance sheet
  • More than SEK 80 million in net sales
• Sole proprietors may also be required to register if participating in public procurement or if subject to permission-requirements to perform certain activities.